Radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident

Conference · Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5884563

Beiriger, J M; Failor, R A; Marsh, K V; Shaw, G E

This report describes the detection of fallout in the United States from the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident. As part of its environmental surveillance program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory maintained detectors for gamma-emitting radionuclides. Following the reactor accident, additional air filters were set out. Several uncommon isotopes were detected at the time the plume passed into the US. (TEM)

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA); Alaska Univ., Fairbanks (USA). Geophysical Inst.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5884563
• Report Number(s): UCRL-96709; CONF-871061-1; ON: DE87014349
• Resource Relation: Conference: 33. annual bioassay, analytical and environmental radiochemistry conference, Livermore, CA, USA, 6 Oct 1987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
CESIUM 137
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR
FALLOUT
IODINE 131
RUTHENIUM 103
AIR FILTERS
ALASKA
BARIUM 140
BERYLLIUM 7
CALIFORNIA
CESIUM 134
CESIUM 136
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LABORATORY
LEAD 212
POTASSIUM 40
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
RUTHENIUM 106
SAMPLING
SURFACE AIR
TELLURIUM 129
TELLURIUM 132
TIME DEPENDENCE
ACCIDENTS
AIR
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
BARIUM ISOTOPES
BERYLLIUM ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM ISOTOPES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
EQUIPMENT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FEDERAL REGION IX
FEDERAL REGION X
FILTERS
FLUIDS
GASES
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
HEAVY NUCLEI
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IODINE ISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LEAD ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LWGR TYPE REACTORS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
POTASSIUM ISOTOPES
POWER REACTORS
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTORS
RUTHENIUM ISOTOPES
TELLURIUM ISOTOPES
THERMAL REACTORS
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
WATER COOLED REACTORS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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